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Wazuka Town
Kyoto Prefecture · Town
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Wazuka Town is the largest tea-growing area in Kyoto Prefecture, and its landscape of tea fields covering the mountain slopes is part of the Japan Heritage "A Walk Through 800 Years of Japanese Tea History." It is a member of "The Most Beautiful Villages in Japan." A road linking Kuni-kyo and Shigaraki Palace passed through here, and there is a tomb said to be that of Prince Asaka.
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Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
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Other municipalities in Kyoto Prefecture
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